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Unicyclists gets two tickets for one wheel.

Unicyclists are people too and shouldn’t be harassed by the ignorant NYPD who can’t tell a helmet law from night stick. Here is some more ridiculousness from our city that should be encouraging non-polluting forms of transportation.

City prepares to fight unicyclist Kyle Peterson’s suit for right to ride on sidewalks
BY John Marzulli
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Friday, March 18th 2011The city is trying to put the brakes on a Brooklyn unicyclist’s lawsuit, saying he deserved two tickets no matter how many wheels he had on the sidewalk.

Circus performer Kyle Peterson filed a $3 million federal suit against the city after he got a 2007 summons for violating the city administrative code – which prohibits riding a “two-or-three-wheeled device” on sidewalks